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Taking the Work Out of Your AVI-to-DVD Conversions

In recent years, one type of file conversion has become more and more frequent as the use of digital video cameras has gotten more prevalent: AVI to DVD conversions. Recording the video is easy, but many people get stuck there, with no clear idea of how to move that footage onto a computer or a DVD. Here are a few choices.

Edit Your Movie

After moving your video footage to your computer, most commonly with USB 2.0 or FireWire, you will in all probability want to edit it, and that requires a video editing package. In recent years, these packages have not only gotten less expensive, but they have also gotten easier to use. For simple home recordings, you can find a package for between $60 and $90 in many cases. For professional editing, expect to pay upwards of $300 to $500.

Editing software will enable you to split and join clips, add transitions, titles, and effects, create DVD menus, and convert your edited movie to multiple file formats, including DVD.

Copy Your Movie to a DVD

There are a fair number of basic conversion tools available that will enable you to convert that AVI file into the structure required for DVD movies. Once you have that structure, you can use a DVD burning program like ImgBurn or Nero to create your DVD.

Convert Your Movie to Another Format

While standard DVD players are most commonly used for watching movies, a new generation of portable players exists that is capable of playing video, provided it’s in the proper format. So you can convert that footage into something that can be played on portal media players like the iPod, Zune, and PSP. That’s another thing to keep in mind as you learn how to convert AVI to DVD format.

No single piece of software is appropriate for everyone. But as a rule of thumb, the more conversion options a piece of software has, the more cognitive overhead you can expect there to be associated with it! Simple utility converters do one thing only and usually require just a few clicks; however, multi-purpose converters, while more powerful, will also require you to get your hands dirty in choosing codecs and the like.